Elements of Mental Philosophy: Abridged and Designed as a Text Book for Academies and High SchoolsW. Hyde & Company, 1832 - 600 páginas |
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... hence , instead of obtaining much important knowledge , he becomes distrustful of every thing . Now these evils , saying nothing of the loss of time attendant on such a course , are to be remedied in the same way as in other sciences ...
... hence , instead of obtaining much important knowledge , he becomes distrustful of every thing . Now these evils , saying nothing of the loss of time attendant on such a course , are to be remedied in the same way as in other sciences ...
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... Hence , in studying mind even on the limited theatre of humanity we are indirectly studying the Supreme Being , since God is the original , indispensable , and all - pervading mind , and no analogy even in the slightest degree can be ...
... Hence , in studying mind even on the limited theatre of humanity we are indirectly studying the Supreme Being , since God is the original , indispensable , and all - pervading mind , and no analogy even in the slightest degree can be ...
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... Hence , when we are called to look within , and as the Arabians sometimes say , ' to shut the windows , in order that the house may be light , ' we find it to be a process , to which we are unaccustomed , and , therefore , difficult ...
... Hence , when we are called to look within , and as the Arabians sometimes say , ' to shut the windows , in order that the house may be light , ' we find it to be a process , to which we are unaccustomed , and , therefore , difficult ...
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... hence we are led to consider the distinct notions of mental and bodily identity . I. Mental IDENTITY ; -By this phrase we express the continuance and oneness of the thinking principle merely . The soul of man is truly an unit . It is ...
... hence we are led to consider the distinct notions of mental and bodily identity . I. Mental IDENTITY ; -By this phrase we express the continuance and oneness of the thinking principle merely . The soul of man is truly an unit . It is ...
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... hence as the hunian mind cannot readily contemplate them under one point of view , they are for that reason considered separately . § . 28. Of the distinction betwcen primary and ultimate trullis . Such propositions or truths , as are ...
... hence as the hunian mind cannot readily contemplate them under one point of view , they are for that reason considered separately . § . 28. Of the distinction betwcen primary and ultimate trullis . Such propositions or truths , as are ...
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Página 271 - Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man.
Página 508 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 22 - ... on a subject very remote from this, found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts that we took a wrong course, and that, before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Página 64 - How can it enter into the thoughts of man, that the soul, which is capable of such immense perfections, and of receiving new improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of ; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present.
Página 306 - ... neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once. In effect, it is something imperfect that cannot exist, an idea wherein some parts of several different and inconsistent ideas are put together.
Página 250 - The waters have gone over me. But out of the black depths, could I be heard, I would cry out to all those who have but set a foot in the perilous flood.
Página 22 - After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts, that we took a wrong course ; and that before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with. This I proposed to the company, who all readily assented ; and thereupon it was agreed, that this should be our first inquiry.
Página 528 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to.
Página 316 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Página 139 - Awatska, the guests of a people with whose existence we had before been scarce acquainted, and at the extremity of the habitable globe; a solitary, half-worn pewter spoon, whose shape was familiar to us, attracted our attention; and, on examination, we found it stamped on the back with the word London. I cannot pass over this circumstance in silence, out of gratitude for the many pleasant thoughts, the anxious hopes, and tender remembrances, it excited in us. Those who have experienced the effects...